Another Van Staden suicide
2008-07-03 17:55
Johannesburg - A 25-year-old man fell to his death off a bridge in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Priscilla Naidu said Sonwabo Solani "jumped" off the Van Staden bridge about 22:30 on Wednesday.
"He was travelling with his father and younger brother to Port Elizabeth when he complained of feeling nauseous and asked the car be stopped."
Naidu said Solani's younger brother saw him seated on the railing of the bridge and called their father.
"As the man was getting off the car he saw his son fall off the bridge. He told the police that his son had a history of mental instability."
Police recovered the body wedged between rocks at the bottom of the river on Thursday morning.
According to Naidu, Solani was the third person to fall off the same bridge this month.
- SAPA